NepMium.] XLIV. SAPINDACE^E. (W. P. Hiern.) 687 



Lamk.\ N. Grifnthianum, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, ii. 303. 

 Sapindacea, Griff. Notul. iv. 550 ; Ic. PL Ind. Or. iv. t. 599, f. i. 



AVA, at Bhamo, Griffith. SINGAPORE, Anderson. MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay.- 

 DISTRIB. Java, Borneo. 



Leaves 3-18 iu. ; leaflets 2-7 by f-2 in. ; petiolules ^-\ in. Flowers tV~ i in. wide. 

 Kttimem exserted ; filaments pubescent; anthers small, glabrous. Fruit 1-14 in - 

 diam., red ; setre subulate, obtuse, glabrous or obsoletely tomentose, -| in. long. 



VAR. ? pallens ; leaflets pallid green and nearly glabrous on both sides base more 

 cuneate, inflorescence denser and more branched, filaments 6-8 slender longer, fruit un- 

 known. Malacca, Maingay ; Teuasserim, Lobb. 



2. N. lappaceum, Linn. Mant. i. 125; leaflets 2-12 opposite or 

 alternate elliptic obovate or oblon<? usually obtuse quite entire glabrate 

 base obtusely narrowed, racemes loosely panicled axillary and terminal, 

 calyx 4-6-fid subvalvate, petals 0, ovary 2-3-dymous 2-celled densely 

 hirsute, fruit echinate-muricate. Gcertn. Fruct. ii. 272, t. 140, f. 1 ; 

 Blume Rumph. iii. 103; Lamk. III. t. 764; Hassk. PL Jav. Bar. 287. 

 Euphoria Nephelium, DC. Prodr. i. 612 ; Wall. Cat. 8053 exd. part of B. 

 Scytalia Ramboutan, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 29; FLInd.ii. 271. Dimocarpus 

 crinita, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 234. N. echinatum, Noronh. in Batav. 

 Genootsch. Verti. v. 80. 



SINGAPORE, Wallich. Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. DISTRIB. Malay Archipelago. 



A lofty tree. Leaves 3-18 in. ; leaflets 2-9 by 1-4 in., shining and dark green above, 

 paler and marked with subparallel lateral veins beneath ; petiolules T ^ f in. Branches 

 of the panicle spreading ; flowers fascicled, pubescent, T2~ iV i n - diam. Calyx cam- 

 panulate, at length patent. /Stamens 5-8, exserted ; filaments pubescent, especially 

 towards base. Style deeply 2-3-lobed ; lobes recurving. Fruit-lobes 4-2 in. long, red 

 yellowish orange or nearly black, setae subulate. Aril transparent, milky, fleshy, 

 edible. Hasskarl gives 15 varieties of this cultivated tree, commonly called Ram- 

 boutan. 



3. N. glabrum, Noronh. in Batav. Genootsch. Verh. v. 80 ; leaflets 2-10 

 opposite or alternate elliptic usually obtuse at both ends sometimes shortly 

 acuminate entire above glabrous and shining beneath glabrate or appres- 

 sedly pubescent paler, racemes panicled, calyx 5-6-lobed slightly imbri- 

 cated, petals 0, ovary deeply lobed, fruit tubercled. Reinwardt in Blume 

 Cat. Buitenz. Ill; Hassk. PL Jav. Rar. 290. Euphoria glabra, Blume 

 Bijdr. 233. 



MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay. DISTRIB. Probably Malay Archipelago. 



A lofty tree. Leaves 6-12 in. ; leaflets 3-6 by l-24 in., marked beneath with sub- 

 parallel lateral veins ; petiolules r V~4 in- Branches of the panicles less patent than in 

 N. lappaceum; flowers pubescent, T \- r V in. diam., fascicled. Galyx campanulate at 

 length patent. Stamens 5-10, exserted ; filaments pilose. Fruit globose or ellip- 

 soidal glabrous, 1 in. long or more, from dark red to straw-coloured. Aril sweet. 

 Very like N. lappaceum, except the fruit. Hasskarl gives 3 forms of it. Blume in 

 Rumphia, iii. 103, treats this as a remarkable variety of N. lappaceum, towards which, 

 he states, there is a transition. A form occurs, probably referable to this species, with 

 a 1 -celled ovary and unilateral style. 



4. N. Lit-chi, Caml. in Mem. Mus. Par. xviii. 30 ; leaflets 2-8 opposite or 

 alternate oblong-lanceolate or ovate acuminate above quite glabrous shining 

 beneath glaucous glabrous or very nearly so, lateral veins obsolete base 

 cuneate, panicle terminal, calyx 4-5-dentate, petals 0, disk glabrous, 

 stamens 6-10 at length exserted, fruit tubercled. Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 

 29 ; Dak. & Gibs. Bomb. FL Suppl. 13 : Wight Ic. t. 43 ; Blume Rumph. 

 iii. 106. Sapindus edulis, Ait. Hort. Kew. ii. 36 (1789); not of Blume. 

 Euphoria punicea, Lamk. Diet. iii. 573; IU. t. 306. Dimocarpus Lichi, 



